नाचिवउं
Appearance
Old Gujarati
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀡𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀤𑀺 (ṇaccadi), from Sanskrit नृत्यति (nṛ́tyati). Cognate with Old Marathi 𑘡𑘰𑘓𑘜𑘹 (nācaṇe), Old Hindi नाचना (nācanā), Old Punjabi ਨਚਿ (naci /nacci/), ਨਾਚਿ (nāci), Old Bengali নাচ.
Verb
[edit]नाचिवउं • (nācivaüṃ) (intransitive)
- to dance
- c. 1450, Nalarāyadavadantīcarita 61:
- नर-नारी जोवा मिलइं। सखि दीजइ दान विचित्त।
मंगल-धवल कुलंगना। सखि गाइं नाचइं पत्त।॥- nara-nārī jovā milaïṃ. sakhi dījaï dāna vicitta.
maṃgala-dhavala kulaṃganā. sakhi gāiṃ nācaïṃ patta.. - Men and women came to look and all sorts of gifts were distributed.
Women of the best families sang auspicious songs and skilled performers danced.
- nara-nārī jovā milaïṃ. sakhi dījaï dāna vicitta.
- नर-नारी जोवा मिलइं। सखि दीजइ दान विचित्त।
Descendants
[edit]- Gojri: نَچنو (nacno)
- Middle Gujarati: नच्चइ
- Gujarati: નાચવું (nācvũ)
- Malvi: नाचणो (nācṇo)
- Marwari:
- Nimadi: नाचणूं (nācṇū̃)
Further reading
[edit]- Ernest Bender (1951) “nācaiṃ”, in Nalarāyadavadantīcarita [Adventures of King Nala and Davadantī], Independence Square, Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, page 355, column 1.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nŕ̊tyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427
Categories:
- Old Gujarati terms derived from Sanskrit
- Old Gujarati terms derived from the Sanskrit root नृत्
- Old Gujarati terms inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Old Gujarati terms derived from Sauraseni Prakrit
- Old Gujarati terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Old Gujarati lemmas
- Old Gujarati verbs
- Old Gujarati intransitive verbs
- Old Gujarati terms with quotations
- inc-ogu:Dance